The Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who brought bossa nova to an international audience in the 1960s with his band Brasil ’66, has died aged 83
Category: Music
English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’
Not 18 hours after Leeds indie band English Teacher won the Mercury prize for their debut album, singer Lily Fontaine told the Guardian: “We’re still
‘It’s schmoozing – but that’s nothing new’: how the record shop in-store gig changed touring
At one end of Banquet Records in Kingston upon Thames the Dutch indie band Personal Trainer are performing a short set next to the album
Fred Again: Ten Days review – pop house with unfulfilled pretensions
In August, Fred Gibson became the first dance artist to headline the Reading and Leeds festivals. Early on, he addressed the crowd, talking about how
Texas review – Sharleen Spiteri on fantastic form in career-spanning set
What’s startling about hearing Texas play a career-spanning set is realising quite how many awfully good songs Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McElhone have written together.
Post your questions for Nelly Furtado
Seven years since her last album, 2017’s The Ride, Nelly Furtado’s seventh album is, quite sensibly, named 7. The Canadian Portuguese musician’s return to music
‘We don’t care whether it’s cool or not’: inside the weaponised weirdness of Mermaid Chunky
“It was really surreal,” recalls Moina Moin, of the day in 2022 when DFA Records founder James Murphy invited Mermaid Chunky, the duo Moin formed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party: Chain of Light review | Ammar Kalia’s global album of the month
The year 1990 was a pivotal one for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Since his appearance at Womad festival five years prior, the Pakistani qawwali singer
Beauty and the beat: why do so many models shoot for pop stardom?
The punks said that anyone can be a musician – but for proof that this may not be true, play Kim Kardashian’s 2011 single Jam
Watchdog to investigate Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sales
The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the Oasis ticket sales fiasco. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate Ticketmaster’s handling of sales